healthmedicinet_i_2017_4

Super-agers: The unique traits of older
adults with memories sharp as a tack
Scientists have discovered a new trait unique to a
special group of octogenarians whom they’ve
dubbed super-agers — older...
More than 20 percent of US adults have
‘high-risk’ HPV
About 1 in 5 U.S. adults under age 60 is infected
with a “high-risk” strain of genital human
papillomavirus...
Teen with cerebral palsy gets helping
hand from ‘Modern Family’ star Eric
Stonestreet
A 19-year-old man with cerebral palsy has traveled
to Boston from his Kansas City home in search of
a medical miracle thanks...
73-year-old woman says Fitbit detected
life-threatening heart issue
A 73-year-old woman who bought a Fitbit to help
her lose weight said the device actually saved her
life. Patricia Lauder,...
Pet exposure may reduce allergy and
obesity
If you need a reason to become a dog lover, how
about their ability to help protect kids from allergies
and obesity? A...
Sorority sister accused of faking cancer
to scam parents, friends
A Northern Kentucky University student is accused
of duping her parents and sorority sisters into
thinking she had stage...
Patients on HeartMate 3 have fewer
blood-related events than those on
HeartMate II
A six-month analysis of the pivotal MOMENTUM 3
trial found that patients implanted with the new
HeartMate 3 left ventricular...
Salk scientists expand ability of stem
cells to regrow any tissue type
LA JOLLA–(April 6, 2017) When scientists talk
about laboratory stem cells being totipotent or
pluripotent, they mean...
Homing system delivers drugs to
specific neurons
DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers have
developed a way to deliver drugs to specific types
of neurons in the brain,...
Researchers create new diagnostic tool
for detecting breast cancer
Simon Fraser University researchers have created
a patent-pending, optical diagnostic probe capable
of safely and non-invasively...
Media registration open for ISSCR 2017
14-17 June, Boston, Massachussetts,
US
More than 4,000 stem cell researchers and
clinicians from around the world will gather 13-17
June in Boston, Mass., to share...
Honey bees have better vision than
previously known
Research conducted at the University of Adelaide
has discovered that bees have much better vision
than was previously known,...
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